-Norton says they are being paid to protest
By Khadidja Ba
With its congress just two weeks away, PNCR headquarters was the scene of a protest on Friday by persons who said that they were concerned about the lack of transparency and information surrounding preparations.
A protestor, who preferred to remain anonymous, voiced fears of reprisals within the party for speaking out.
“We are a mix of old and new members,” the protester said. “Our primary grievances revolve around the lack of transparency and information sharing in the Congress preparations. It appears there are deliberate attempts to undermine the fairness of the elections at Congress”, the protester said.
The protester asserted that there is a high level of doubt when it comes to faith in the preparations process for Congress due to the lack of transparency, “there only seems to be a few people in the know about what’s going on, I don’t even know who is the Director of Congress, there is no information sharing”. Another protestor who spoke with SN stated that “All we want is free and fair elections, and currently the way this Congress preparation is going, it is not set out for us to have that.”